Recently, eighty-seven year old Brantford Ontario nursing home resident Norma Stenson was abused by staff-members of two separate private facilities. The abuse was captured on hidden video and broadcast on CTV’s W-5 program (1). Two staff-members of Charlotte Villa Retirement Home were charged prior to airing of the videos with criminal offences: Amanda LaPierre, was… Read more »

What province and city/town do you live in? I live in Calgary, AB Do you have a family/ kids/ pets ? I am married with 4 kids- ages 10 ½, 7 ½, 5 and 3 What are your hobbies / interests/ activities/ etc. I love languages. When I was in college, I could carry on… Read more »

Have you ever felt like your “best before” date has come and gone? I certainly have, on occasion. Most days, though, I think I’m handling this whole aging business quite gracefully, especially when I consider the alternative. Last year a painter friend of mine died in a motor vehicle accident just days after her 50th… Read more »

We tend to think of note taking as simply the action of writing things down, but there are techniques that can make your notes much more effective, both while you’re taking them and later when you’re using them for review. If, for example, you’re attending an in-class lecture, actually dating your notes is a good… Read more »

Some people have a grim outlook about the capabilities of the disabled; they believe that a disability may somehow lower a person’s quality of life. But the people who do have physical disabilities are constantly showing us that these people are wrong. One of the most exciting areas in which they do this is the… Read more »

AUSU COUNCIL CANDIDATE – Stacey Steele See http://www.ausu.org/election/candidates.php for a list of all of the candidates. How did you first become aware of AUSU Council, and why do you want to be a part of council in 2004? I had taken a course at AU a few years ago. At that time I had no… Read more »

AUSU COUNCIL CANDIDATE – Melanie Gray See http://www.ausu.org/election/candidates.php for a list of all of the candidates. How did you first become aware of AUSU Council, and why do you want to be a part of council in 2004? I started at AU in August 2002 and found my way to AUSU forums through website navigation… Read more »

AUSU COUNCIL CANDIDATE – Lonita Fraser See http://www.ausu.org/election/candidates.php for a list of all of the candidates. How did you first become aware of AUSU Council, and why do you want to be a part of council in 2004? I first became aware of the AUSU and Council about two years ago when I first started… Read more »

First on the docket of this month’s AUSU council meeting was AU’s current standards of quality; I think we’ve all received the green, photocopied Student Handbooks with our course materials, and some students have even received photocopied versions of textbooks. Rest assured, the situation is being looked into, and a letter to AU will be… Read more »

AUSU ELECTION COVERAGE This week, the first three interviews with candidates for the next AUSU council! Watch for more in the next two issues:. Where you live: AU students are situated all around the world, and on every continent [well, probably not Antarctica, but you never know!]. A reader suggested that it would be interesting… Read more »